CHAPTER 25, GUYS! Enjoy :)
"Nonsense! I'm getting younger each day and Hermione she's my youth fountain!" Draco grinned
"Right… so maybe if you two get married, then that 'youth fountain' will work better on you!" Harry chuckled
"Oh Harry, thank you so much for the honour!" Hermione squealed as she walked out of the operation room, "I get to be James' godmother, Draco you're his godfather!"
"I know, it's amazing!" Draco beamed, as Hermione hugged him.
Draco cleared his throat and stood in front of Hermione, she scrunched her brows wondering why he moved away from her. "Mia… A lot of time had gone by… and I'm not getting any younger…" Draco turned to look at Harry and Blaise, who winked at him. "I love you, and I want to be with you for the rest of my life… Will you Hermione Camilla Elizabeth Zabini, marry me?" Draco was now kneeling on one knee, taking the ring out of his pocket, in the middle of the hospital's hall, with every one of the Weasley's and Harry and Blaise watching him.
Hermione's eyes widened. She took in a deep breath, and let it out; she bit her lip and breathed out a yes. Draco stared at her for a bit, in shock, then he got up and slipped the ring into her finger. "Mia, I love you!" Draco said, his eyes gleaming with joy
Everyone around them applauded. Hermione lunged into Draco's arms, while they kissed.
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"Did you read the Daily Prophet, this morning?" Astoria asked the mysterious man on the phone
"Yeah… he proposed…" the man answered
"We have to get that mudblood; I don't care what it takes!" Astoria shouted
"Deal, I have a plan for that, meet me at the same place…cast a disillusionment charm, alright?"
"But –" Astoria started to whine
"No buts, I want all of this done, just as much as you do, Oh and bring the potion too!" The voice sounded firm, he turned the phone off and Astoria cast her charm. She got to the place they were supposed to meet.
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Hermione, meet me at the café, the one two blocks from the ministry, at noon, alright? –Draco x
A different owl, than she was used to, sent the note to her, but as she read it she forgot about the owl and smiled. She quickly finished off the work and went to the café. She looked around and then noticed that Draco was already there.
"Hey Draco," Hermione smiled, going up to her boyfriend
"Hermione, how was work…?" Draco smiled, awkwardly
"It was good… How was it for you? The magazine, how's it going?" Hermione asked, putting her purse behind her
"Oh it's incredibly busy, anyways; we're actually not eating here… I have to take you somewhere else," Draco said quickly, grabbing on to her hand
"Where are we going, Draco?" Hermione scrunched her brows, laughing
"…uh… it's a surprise…" Draco stuttered
"Okaaay, whatever you say!" Hermione sung
When they had apparated, Hermione looked around, frowning at the place they were at. "Draco… Where are we…?" Hermione said quietly, grabbing on to his arm
"Let go of me, mudblood!" 'Draco' yelled, he pushed her against the wall
"What?" Hermione said, her eyes welling up
"You heard what I said, oh by the way I'm not even Draco, sweetheart…" The unknown person said, laughing
Hermione felt for her wand in her pockets but she didn't have it. She cursed under her breath and felt herself go stiff. The unknown kidnapper had yelled Stupefy at her. She fell to the ground, where she stood. The 'Draco' laughed and walked away.
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"Its past noon, Mia and I always meet here… Where is she?" Draco thought to himself, sitting in their usual seat
Draco waited for ten minutes, fifteen, then finally half an hour had passed by and Draco couldn't help it, he started to get tense. It wasn't like Hermione to be late, and she was the head of her job, she would at least be able to tell him if she got hung up at work. Draco decided he was going to go check at her office
He noticed her office was locked, which was odd, because if she was at the ministry still, it would be open. He apparated to Zabini Manor, unfortunately there was no Hermione. "Blaise!" Draco called out
"Draco, what's wrong with you?" Blaise scrunched his brows
"Hermione… I don't know where she is… I'm worried…" Draco said slowly
"Oh wow… Mate, she can't be around you all the time, she has work and –" Blaise chuckled, shaking his head, at his friends silliness
"It's not funny, Blaise, honestly I'm worried… We made plans the day before to meet at the café at twelve-thirty, and you already know she's never late! I checked her office and it was locked, so clearly she wasn't at the ministry and I checked here, and yeah she's not here!" Draco said slapping his hands to his face
"Dude, she may be at Ginny's place or maybe, Ron's?" Blaise asked
"Yeah, maybe… Do you want to come with me?" Draco asked frantically
"Yeah let's go!"
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Hermione felt an aching pain on her left arm and shoulder, and she felt dizzy. She opened her eyes and tried to grab her shoulder, but she was tied up. "UGH!" She groaned out loud. She was tied up in a dark, unknown room. She could see dirt and spiders on the ground, she was disgusted, who would do this to me?
"Ah, we're having trouble, now aren't we mudblood," Astoria cackled, strutting into the dark, "Well you are in your rightful, place… On the ground, next to dirt and spiders, you are mud!"
"My blood is purer than you, you disgust me Greengrass!" Hermione yelled out loud, knowing that talking back to her probably won't help her, but then again she figured that if she was going to die, she was going to die with her dignity.
"Oh really? I'm not the one lived with muggles and blood traitor's most my life! I'm not the one on the ground next to dirt right now either," Astoria laughed,
"Honestly, I can see why Draco didn't want to marry you; you're such a daft bimbo… You think that Draco will marry you after you take me out of his life, please! He proposed to me yesterday, he loves me! That's why he broke off his marriage with you!" Hermione retorted
"Whatever, he gave me a ring too!" Astoria cried
"Well, the difference is that he cares for me more! He loves me!" Hermione said
"You bitch!" Astoria screamed, "CRUCIO!" She aimed her wand at Hermione, relishing the curse on her tongue
Hermione tried to hold in her screams, but the pain got to her. Astoria must've used the curse on her six times consecutively. After Astoria, possibly had enough she stopped and another person walked into the room. Hermione couldn't see his face. Her face was facing the ground she had spiders on her legs, and her back, she could feel them. "Hermione…Fancy meeting you here," The person, who she realized was a man, spoke to her
The voice was incredibly familiar. She tried to look up but her head was hurting and she could do nothing but keep it down. "Hermione… I pity you…" The voice said snidely
"McLaggen," Hermione said his name as if it were a curse, "I pity… you…that you're… stooping to… this level…" She said in between breaths, her voice sounding like pants, after all the pain she went through
"Really, Hermione… I didn't know you could stoop to the level of leaving me at the altar, I actually thought you wanted to marry me, you broke my heart…" Cormac said quietly, his voice sounding painful
Hermione opened her mouth, to say something, but before she could say anything she felt her head being lifted up. Cormac was lifting Hermione by her hair. He pulled it until she could feel some of her hair, actually coming out of her scalp. "Hm, I don't feel so sad, anymore… Astoria, revenge is sweet," Cormac laughed, as if everything was funny
He brought his face closer to Hermione's and tried to kiss her. Instead Hermione moved her face spat on his. He pulled back and aimed Crucio at her.
Hermione could only scream. Her hands reached for her stomach. She yearned to keep the life inside her life, but she could hardly feel alive anymore how could she believe her child would be fine. Hermione screamed, her body feeling a sharp pain, after Astoria threw another curse at her.